Source: Qinhuangdao Daily Reporter: Shi Na
On Sept. 1, more than 400 tourists carried by the “Qinlu Shanhai” tourist train which drove slowly out of the Kaibudi Station, Westport Garden, marking the completion and the opening of the Shanhai Tourism Railway.
The reporter saw at the site of Kaibudi station that not only the Shanhai Tourist Railway has been fully integrated, but also the “Qinlu Shanhai” tourist train has been also upgraded to a new shape. The train consists of locomotive, passenger compartments, and generator compartment. The total length of the train is about 240 meters. Among them, the passenger section has 7 compartments, including 1 compartment of 118 seats with non-legacy displays, 2 compartments of 76 seats each, 2 compartments of 72 seats, 1 compartment of 48 seats with book bar, and 1 compartment of 32 seats for VIPs, which can accommodate nearly 500 passengers for a tourists ride. The informatization of the train has been upgraded, with audio and video simultaneous live broadcast, wireless Internet access and other functions.
The "Qinlu Shanhai" tourist train is decorated on the " Republican Style". It is a Republican style tourist train that travels through time and space and spans the mountains and seas. The front of the locomotive is decorated with noble color of violet, the compartment body is just simple Republican style, and the compartment is equipped with harddwood seats. The VIP cabin is equipped with leather sofas. At the same time, with the theme of “One Hundred Years Railway, One Hundred Years of Port, One Hundred Years of Industry, One Hundred Years of Tourism”, each of the compartments is equipped with classic old photos and various old-fashioned ornaments with unique characteristics of Qinhuangdao city, showing the hundred years memory belonging to Qinhuangdao.
When the train stopped at East Xuzhuang Station, the tourists were eagerly rushing to the purple flower sea, relaxing in the beautiful scenery.
After the compartment is upgraded, during the driving period, the passengers can not only enjoy the Republic folk songs, the close-up magic shows, the Sichuan Opera face, the Monkey King performance, the seaweed dance, etc., but also the live art exhibition of non-legacy artists.
It is learned that in order to build the "Qinlu Shanhai" tourist train into a new IP tourism industry, and truly achieve the interactions among the mountains and seas as well as the port and Qinhuangdao city. Qinlu Shanhai Sightseeing Railway Company has elaborately designed a number of special tourist routes on the base of the "Qinlu Shanhai" and other resources, such as the northern mountainous scenic spots, and the featured museums, to further enrich the railway and the tourism industry.